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Diocese of Oakland Files for Bankruptcy

May 25, 2023 / by Christina Feeney / Catholic Church Sexual Abuse

Earlier this month, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland issued a press release stating that the Diocese of Oakland would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The release cites the more than 330 lawsuits filed against the diocese alleging clergy sexual abuse as the reason for the bankruptcy. The Diocese of Oakland is not […]

Diocese of Oakland Priest Accused of Raping Boy Decades Ago

May 28, 2021 / by Brett Katsma / Catholic Church Sexual Abuse

A recent lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Oakland accuses deceased priest Monsignor John T. McCracken of raping a young boy on multiple occasions between 1972 and 1974. It is the first time McCracken has been accused of sexual abuse of a child and his name is not on the Dioceses’ 2019 list of priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children.

Oakland Diocese Reaches Settlement with Sexual Abuse Victim

March 2, 2021 / by Brett Katsma / Catholic Church Sexual Abuse

In December of 2020, the Diocese of Oakland announced it reached a $3.5 million dollar priest sex abuse settlement with a former seminarian who asserted Father Michael Van Dinh raped him in 2017 at St. Michaels Parish in Livermore, CA. The seminarian did not wish to be identified and will be referred to here as ‘John Doe’

Catholic Diocese of Oakland Named In Clergy Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

September 2, 2020 / by Brett Katsma / Catholic Church Sexual Abuse

The attorney for ‘John Doe’, a sexual abuser survivor who wished to keep his identity concealed, file a complaint at the Alameda County Superior Court against the Diocese of Oakland, St. John’s Catholic Church in San Lorenzo, and Corpus Christi Church in Fremont, accusing them of negligence in protecting children from predator priests.

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